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High Calibre Coatings!
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High Calibre Coatings!

If powder-coat and standard paint just ain’t good enough, who ya gonna call? Scoop may have the answer.

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5 mins  |
May 2018
Hundred Pound Hound!
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Hundred Pound Hound!

Started at last! Will he finally get a project finished?

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5 mins  |
May 2018
Perfect Prescott!
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Perfect Prescott!

Who better to send to the ninth annual Prescott Bike Festival than the man who attends every ruddy year? Yup — Allen Millyard.

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4 mins  |
August 2019
Honda GL1200 Gold Wing Aspencade
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Honda GL1200 Gold Wing Aspencade

Want to travel in style while looking like 330 kilos of rust? Scottie’s got just the bike for you!

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August 2019
Ducati 999
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Ducati 999

We all love a fairy tale, so – in retrospect – is Ducati’s 999 still an ugly sister, or an ugly duckling about to become a beautiful swan?

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August 2019
Back In The Saddle
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Back In The Saddle

Meet CMM staffer Mike Cowton and read about how a grizzled old Rocker suddenly became all mod(ern) and bought an old Bandit!

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6 mins  |
August 2019
Combe Calling!
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Combe Calling!

If you like old Jap bikes having a top time on hallowed Tarmac, then head to Wiltshire in July

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August 2019
Ram Raider
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Ram Raider

Scoop gets to ride a rather rare 60s twin: Suzuki’s T305

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8 mins  |
August 2019
The Forgotten Four
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The Forgotten Four

40 years on from its debut, our old mukka Jon Bentman —returned to CMM — argues that the Honda CB900FZ deserves full icon status...

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August 2019
Va-Va-Voom!
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Va-Va-Voom!

If there’s one engine layout machine you have to own at least once in your life, it’s a V-twin – but which one?

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August 2019
Adrenaline Junkies
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Adrenaline Junkies

If there’s anything better than a big powerful bike, it’s a small powerful bike. John Nutting gets out of his comfort zone and onto a pair of Yamaha TZR250 two-stroke V-twins

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8 mins  |
December 2018
Holiday Fun-D
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Holiday Fun-D

CMM reader Tim Partington had a plan for his 50th: a top holiday away with missus Nicole. Then this bike happened…

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7 mins  |
December 2018
Paint Your Wagon!
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Paint Your Wagon!

As cool as she looks naked in the living room, it’s now time to fix the GSX-R 10/11’s clothes and get her ready for that first road-ride date.

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6 mins  |
December 2018
Project Honda CB750 K2 Part 18 - Tank Lining Two!
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Project Honda CB750 K2 Part 18 - Tank Lining Two!

As we approach the end of his ‘working’ restoration, Mark shows us the last part of sorting the tank.

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4 mins  |
February 2019
Winter Wonderland!
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Winter Wonderland!

Classic motorcycling in the British winter is, for many, limited to working in the garage – so riding classic BMWs in Andalusia southern Spain is the perfect winter riding tonic!

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5 mins  |
February 2019
Christmas Cracker!
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Christmas Cracker!

Our favourite youngster gets back in amongst it with a ‘surprise’ Christmas gift that kept on giving…

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4 mins  |
February 2019
Fairing Fever!
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Fairing Fever!

In his penultimate piece on the RC374, our Allen gets on with the fairing.

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5 mins  |
February 2019
Dave Jefferies And The R1
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Dave Jefferies And The R1

This may seem a bold claim, but it could be argued that the talents of just one man and the prowess of a new sports bike combined to destroy the Honda V4’s grip on the big Isle of Man TT races.

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September 2018
Little Gem
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Little Gem

Scoop samples a cute little Kawasaki B8S and comes away most impressed.

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September 2018
Tight Club
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Tight Club

If you like riding bikes fast, there comes a time in your life where only track days will scratch that itch. And old bikes make great track day bikes…

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September 2018
Yamaha FZR600 Racer Part 2 - Cut And Shut
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Yamaha FZR600 Racer Part 2 - Cut And Shut

It’s carb fiddling and plastic cutting for our mate Brooksie with his FZR600 ‘homage’ racer!

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5 mins  |
September 2018
Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer
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Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer

Our Bertie this month waves a flag for the slightly saner version of the R1…

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September 2018
Project Yamaha Fazer 600 Part 2 Cam-Chain Of Fools!
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Project Yamaha Fazer 600 Part 2 Cam-Chain Of Fools!

Al has picked up a neglected Fazer to pass the time while his turbo ZRX is at the exhaust welders. He’s made a mixed bag of discoveries this month. Would you like the good news or the bad news first?

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6 mins  |
July 2019
Air Cool!
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Air Cool!

In the first of a series, we look at the best classic clubs in the country: First up, those cool cats with cool Kats (and other bikes) of Air Cooled Suzuki.

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3 mins  |
July 2019
Back To The Future
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Back To The Future

Our Allen gets on with making an old-school Brit bike into a V-twin! This month he's concentrating on the motor and making it look 'factory'.

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June 2019
Kicking Up A Stink
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Kicking Up A Stink

He’s finally listening to ‘she who must be obeyed’ as Ralph gets to work on his wife’s Kawasaki Z650 clutch.

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7 mins  |
June 2019
Finally Finished!
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Finally Finished!

It’s time to put the fairing back on the RG500 and hope that there are no leaks or squeak.

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3 mins  |
June 2019
Sizzling Hot
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Sizzling Hot

Niall’s R1 is coming along a-pace, but sadly a fire had left him downpipe-less!

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4 mins  |
June 2019
The Sparks Are Flying
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The Sparks Are Flying

Nutters gets down and dirty and starts cutting away more redundant parts. When will the phoenix rise from the ashes?

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6 mins  |
June 2019
Set To Stun!
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Set To Stun!

Open the champagne! Alan Dowds’ motorcycle odyssey continues in CMM

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June 2019